Agnes Tiwari

..However, they reported more bodily pain. CONCLUSION: An empowerment intervention specially designed for Chinese abused pregnant women was effective in reducing IPV and improving the health status of the women...

..The resilience and resourcefulness of the women are clearly demonstrated in the strategies they employed to cope with the abuse. Their responses to battering were purposeful and varied according to the status of their relationship...

..Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women can have negative mental health consequences for survivors; however, the effect of interventions designed to improve survivors' depressive symptoms is unclear...

..The objective of this first population-based study in Hong Kong was to assess the impact of psychological abuse by an intimate partner on the mental health of pregnant women...

..To assess the measurement accuracy and the utility of the Chinese Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS)...

..To present preparedness planning for an influenza pandemic for two nursing subunits: nursing services in hospitals and schools of nursing in universities...

..The aim of this study was to compare the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) and lecturing approaches on the development of students' critical thinking...

..Since assessment may also foster student learning in a positive way, suggestions are offered as to what can be done to bring about a positive "backwash" effect...

..Despite the abundance of literature on the subject, validation of the critical thinking construct in different cultural populations is under-researched...

..When stakeholders are involved in curriculum planning, there is a greater likelihood that the needed education is delivered. The authors discuss the context, process, outcome, and pros and cons of stakeholder involvement...

..During that time we investigated the clinical features, treatment, and nursing care of 36 patients and reported on 12 of these patients' perceptions of their illness experience...

..The qualitative findings contribute to a better understanding of the use of portfolio assessment and have implications for teaching...

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..Depression is one of the significant mental health impacts of intimate partner violence. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on the factors associated with depression among abused Chinese women...

..To examine the effect of an advocacy intervention on the use of safety-promoting behaviors in community-dwelling abused Chinese women as compared to a control condition of usual care...

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..Depression accounted for the relationship between dating violence and suicidal ideation. This study highlights a need for the development of universal screening and targeted services for violence, depression, and suicide prevention...

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..For the prevention of intimate partner violence, family-based intervention is needed to work with victims as well as perpetrators...

..Suicidal ideation seems to have no direct relation to physical and sexual assault, but they do share some common associated factors that are essential for the development of suicide prevention...

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..However, whether abused women from non-Western cultures experience similar post-traumatic responses to intimate partner violence is less documented...

..This suggested that post-separation violence is a complex phenomenon the dynamics of which can be affected by much more than domination and ownership...